True! Beautifully put!!! Respect, J
> : *Re the part about ford: Ford is trying to label or > : brand Detroit techno.They want to own this. They want > : to reach a point where 'techno=cool=fun=Ford' and one > : owes itself to the other. I owe this eye opener to > : Miss G. > : The only way they'll own it is if its allowed. I'm not > : saying ban the DEMF or Ford's money. But rather, use > : them as the rich aunt. Sure, throw the money around > : all you want-but it doesn't mean I'm suddenly going to > : praise you or acknowledge you in my life liner notes. > > the question is where to draw the line between using "them" being used by > "them"? > i think a good example for this is the loveparade. once the parade itself > was very important for the underground scene but then all of this > marketing stuff came in and these days you have hundred of thousands of > people walking around with as much beer as they can carry and trying to be > techno for one day. and this is also the picture that the general public > has about our music. but there are still people who keep it real and who > cares about all the idiots anyway? if there's one out of one hundred who > knows, than that's cool. the loveparade weekend is still important, as a > gathering of our scene. there are so many parties going on at that > weekend, bringing the right people together, and this besides all the > corporate crap. and i think this is what's going to happen with the demf > as well. let the idiots do whatever they, or whatever the corporations > want them to do, and go on doing your own thing and believe in yourself. > and all of these nice thoughts being expressed here on 313 show that there > are people who care about and are aware of these problems and therefor are > also able to do something against "them". this may not be much, but the > victory is not important, what is important is that you fight. > > peter > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------- This message was sent via the Ulsternet webmail system. http://www.ulster.net
